An EXAMINATION OF THE SOURCE AND USES OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUND IN NIGERIA (2000-2004) (A CASE STUDY OF EZEAGU CENTRAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL).
ABSTRACT
Local government is that level of government nearest to the people. It is said to be corner stone of the government system in any country. The federal government believes that it is only through an effective local government system that the human and material resources of the nation could be mobilized for local government with its objectives is aimed at standard and stabilizing the function and financial resources at the local government level and to encourage initiatives and leadership potential. The basic procedure of local government is revenue mobilization and its effective utilization especially more that there is no comprehensive study on sources and uses of funds in the local government. The current trends of inefficiency and ineffectiveness of the local authorities should be considered with the frame work of available resources. If the financial resources of the local of the local government are boughant and viable than this will go a long way in communicating strength and solidity to offer superstructure of government authorities. There are no discipline on the part of the leadership, management and staff of the local government in collecting revenue efficiently and also try to put them into effective use. In the tight of the above, the researcher major objectives as regards this research work was to identity those source of finance available to local government, their uses and problem associated with their finance in Nigeria using Ezeagu central Local government development Council ad my case study. The problem associated with sources, uses of local government finance was critically examine in this project. In handling the above research work primary and secondary data was used. The sources of primary data was by the use of questionnaires and oral interviews, while the secondary data sources are text books. The analysis of data was based on percentages. It is on the strength of the finding that recommendation and conclusion was made.
 TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE
- BACK GROUND OF THE STUDY
- STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
- OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
- RESEARCH QUESTIONS
- STATEMENT OF HYPOTHESIS
- SIGIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
- DEFINITION OF TERMS
CHAPTER TWO
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
- THE MEANING OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- FUNCTIONS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- SOURCES OF REVENUE AVALIABLE TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES
- EXTERNAL ATTRIBUTES OF LOCAL LGOVERNMENT FINANCE
- THE IMPORTANCE/USES OF REVENUE GENERATED BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- PROBLEMS OF LOCAL GOVRNMENT FINANCE APPROACHES OF THE IMPROVEMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE.
  CHAPTER THREE
- RESEARCH SESIGN AND METHOD ————————————
- SOURCE OF DATAÂ ———————————————————
3.1.1Â PRIMARY DATAÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ————————————————————
3.1.2Â SECONDARY DATA ——————————————————–
3.2Â Â Â Â POPULATION OF STUDY ————————————————-
3.2Â Â Â Â INSTRUMENTATION ——————————————————-
3.4Â Â Â Â SAMPLE SIZE —————————————————————–
3.5Â Â Â Â VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF THE MEAUSRING INSRUMENTÂ —————————————————————–
3.6Â Â Â Â SAMPLING TECHNIQUES
CHAPTER FOUR
4.0Â Â Â Â PRESENTATION OF DATA ————————————————
41Â Â Â Â Â INTERPRETATION AND ANYALYSIS OF DATA ——————-
4.2Â Â Â Â TESTING OF HYPOTHESIS ———————————————–
CHAPTER FIVE
FINDINGS, RECOMMENDATION AND CONCLUSION.
An examination of the sources and uses of local government fund in Nigeria
(200 – 2004). A case study of Ezeagu Central Local Government Development council).
